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Started Outer Worlds 2 (using Gamepass) and played through the tutorial. It was great. The graphics are improved from the original. So far so good. I don't think it will win you over if you didn't like the original, but it seems like a solid sequel so far.

Finished Outer Worlds 2. I put a lot of hours into it, I'd say about 50, and I felt like I searched most corners to get content done. There were some collection quests I didn't finish, but the story stuff was good and I liked what happened to all my companions. It was a fun universe to explore. I'll probably wait for some DLC before playing again. It felt bigger and more epic than OW1 and Avowed, so that was good. Now I'm playing Xenonauts 2, which just released Milestone 6. This makes the game feature complete. The next milestone is full release, so I'm planning on trying to get through a whole campaign before that drops. I've only lost 1 soldier so far, and that was due to a bad explosive throw. Lesson learned, propane tanks go boom.

At least their hips won't lie

I signed up for a full Ironman with my wife. I did one in 2019 in Santa Rosa and it was pretty miserable. It took me 15 hours. I had a good swim, an ok bike, but terrible run. My stomach was a mess and I walked most of it. Anyways, my wife watched me suffer and has been bugging me for the last 6 years to do one with her. So we signed up for Ironman California, which is in Sacramento. It is still a year away. We volunteered at the race this year and paddle boarded for the swimmers in support. The swim looks amazing, it is downstream and should be fast. It also looks like a fun run snaking around the Capitol Mall. But now that I've paid for it, I'm in training mode, and that is a different lifestyle. I'm not out of shape, but I'll be pretty much doubling my training hours over the next year. It should be fun. I hope I can nail the nutrition this time.

I don't know of any way. But I didn't have that problem - I played at a time when Argenta killed trash mobs faster than it would take to search for a mod and install it At least encounters don't respawn.

I have completed the quest to the point where you need to return to Ruth . However when i try to speak with her, she only gives the option to "casually talk to her" and there is no option to finish the quest. I have done all the other parts of the quest including the optional ones.

Ubi solitudinem faciunt, pacem appellant.

Niles doesnt construct the explosive to breach the vault door and becomes bugged instead making me stuck in the mission Do More Harm

Hello guys at Obsidian and forum! So far I'm enjoying The Outer Worlds 2, despite of some bugs (yes Inez, why wouldn't I be able to recruit you yet...?) and the heavy and long shaders compilation at every start of the game. About 7 hours in and Paradise Island cleared, I thought I would throw in some suggestions for you to consider implementing on the next patches, coming from a person who has spent way too long on open world RPG's. Hope they'll be of use for all of us! UI: In the inventory, it'd be nice to be able to click on a weapon/armor and autoequip it, and at least be able to sort them out by damage/DPS or armor strenght. As far as working benches go, I should be able to distinguish exactly the weapon/armor I'm wearing right now so that I can know which thing I'm modifying from the get-go. And I think limiting weapon slots to armor modifications is not the best idea ever... Main quest: Awesome, nothing more to add. One of the best I've played in recent times. Secondary Quests: Most of them feel very short or are way too "fetchie". I know this can't be changed, but I'd love to see longer and tougher quests on future DLC's. I'm thankful to you as Murder in Eridanos was an awesome experience and represents exactly what a DLC shoud be to me. In the secondary questing department, Cyberpunk 2077 is still unmatched in my opinion. World: I know random events are normally a Bethesda thing, but as beautiful as the Paradise Island is, I don't feel really encouraged to explore it. Take for example the crub guy on that random house/lab: he has pretty nice dialogue but the quest is quiet boring. I'm sure there are ways to spice up the world or give us more specialised or juicy rewards like things that would max up some of our attributes (something which makes me sad that we can't see on the game). Companions: I know this is not a Bioware experience, but I would love to see more interactions among companions while I'm travelling. Paradise Island only has two so this might change later on, but banter truly helps with immersion and making them feel alive, specially with how close Niles and VAL are to each other. I won't talk about what I think about romances, but if a life simulation approach has any bearing on an RPG, there shouldn't be one without them, as long as they are properly implemented. That is personal opinion, though. Many ideas from the first hours of gameplay, but all in all I'm much appreciated for this more polished and superior experience coming from Outer Worlds 1. I loved the ideas and I love how they came into fruition to make this such a well rounded-up videogame RPG. Well done lads.

Hi all, I had the same issue, as stupid as it is, you need to switch to First-Person view to get the prompt to appear.

I'm about 30 hours in Outer Worlds 2. The character progression is a huge improvement over OW1. Flaws and perks really change the game and give you a lot of options for development. It is one of the best leveling systems I've played in awhile. I'm also really enjoying the companions. This cast compares favorably to the ones in KotOR 2. It is a diverse group and I'm interested in getting to know more about each one of them. So yeah, another Obsidian win for me.

For whatever it is worth, I tend to not care for jRPGs, but I enjoyed CO:E33 gameplay anyway. It's jRPG systems are actually rather overshadowed by dodge/parry mechanic which makes it closer to baby's first Sekiro. One optional boss in particular felt very FromSoftware. That however, I think is also a weakness as while the game does have variety of characters with their own gimmicks, and neat character building system, it does just dictates how much dodging/parrying one will have to do per-encounter. That said, story is the selling point.

I just realised I own Greedfall. And have it installed. So I am trying that. First impression: yup, definitely a Spiders game.

I can't progress this quest. Im on PS5 and the game has the latest patch installed! To continues the Faction Quest "An Equitable Arrangement" I have to complete the Side Quest as mentioned in the title. To do this I have to interrogate the Man in the Moon Mask. After I start the dialogue I have two options. The standard and a Professor option. No matter what I choose the next dialogue options are the standard one and one that needs 9 observation. What I don't have. After being forced to choose the first option I get another dialogue option. The standart one, a professor option and a Science 9 one. I dont have 9 science. So stuck with either of the other two options. But no matter what combination I choose or companions I bring along. I am left with the "Think I will slink away option." In other words I cannot progress this side quest or the Faction quest that's tied into this one. According to the patch notes, this quest was patched. But it seems it not. Am I missing something or am I screwed? Not having enough points in specific skills should not force you out of a side or faction quest!

Happy Birthday Guard Dog and Shady

When loading a save file, being able to select the character and see only their save files would be an incredibly helpful QoL feature, especially for those of us who have multiple concurrent playthroughs going.

More humourous I guess

It was 'very honest' that Trump told the electorate he didn't know what Project 2025 was despite his VP candidate having written the introduction to the published version and having several of its key architects of said document working for him and which he has subsequently went on to implement Project 2025's agenda without fail? Doesn't seem very honest to me.

Playing a game called Seance of Blake Manor. It's an adventure/investigation/deduction game with a horror theme, set in late 19th century Ireland. It's first person view and lots interactable things, but the major twist is there is a time limit. Time doesn't go forward in actual time, or movement or even changing areas, but only by interacting with things. So instead of clicking everything and then trying to figure out what to do, you have think about your actions constantly. The mechanic was a huge turn off for me at first, it felt very arbitrary because it wasn't always obvious what thing had important info attached to it, and felt it encouraged save scumming. But once I got past the prologue, it seems there's much more leeway and it works fine. But maybe it'll all come crashing down on me later, when I find out I shouldn't have spent all that time going through ladies pants drawers.

I bought the deluxe edition, beat the tutorial, got no bonus packs. deleted and re-download 3 times, play thru tutorial again and still no dlc. please help, I did give you 100 dollars it would be nice to actually receive some content.

This thread really is quite slow when I'm not around... So, quote for the day: "In America you call it the Alt Right. In Germany, we call it 'Why Grandpa lives in Argentina Now.'"

I'm beginning to understand why you liked Rings of Power so much.

Indeed, it is way better to have a vindictive, narcissitic asshat with the intelligence of a seven year old as POTUS. Or worse, imagine if Biden had become president and stepped aside after his cancer diagnosis, it'd be a mixed race femoid with a weird laugh running the country. Unthinkable.

Sometimes a solid sequel is all we need. Just have more fun of the fun we were already having.

--Mood: crabby, pessimistic, avoidant yet paradoxically also confrontational --Physical state: ok/adequate but maybe typical aging, post-menopausal and other such woes, 57, and oh hey am I finally starting to get slight eye bags and slightly droopy cheeks? Bummer. --Mental state: rut, exhausted, withering --Hubby's health (physical and mental): nothing super dramatic, but not great either. I think a lot about "what if's" lately. --Reason for writing/sharing: not sure. Just felt a brief need. That is all. I will aim for happy thoughts this week. And I will be replacing the awful kitchen faucet the house came with tomorrow. It'll be the 1st time trying it on my own - watched hubby twice over the years, and he can advise. Something small but mentally satisfying/productive, at least. Maybe I'll try fixing part of the shower's tile grout, too. Wish me luck.

After reaching level 18 the flaw Easily distracted enforces the negative and let's me only add points to the lowest skill, but the benefit of 3 skill points is not working anymore.

As the title suggests, An Aegis Against the Miasma is stuck in "Mentioned" and the only quest note is "You've learned that a scientist at the Automech Repair Center could use some assistance." I have spoken with Delphinia Bryant once, but did not have the bits she required. I then promptly acquired the bits and came back to her. Now, the only thing she says is, "Still loitering about? I have errands that need running. Put those idle hands to some productive use." I have one response available, "You know what? I should get out of your hair. [Leave Conversation]". The quest marker for "Above and Beyond Repair" points to Delphinia and sabotaging the facility. I have no option to collect the Zyranium gas or otherwise progress towards the shield gadget. Unless I am just completely missing something, I do not see away to progress the quest. I cannot find any other mention of this issue in my search online. Thanks to anyone with any thoughts on this, and if it is a bug, hopefully it gets fixed soon.

I finished helping Hogarth with the automech parts and afterwards he refused to talk to me so I moved on. After finishing other quest and getting the quest The Brain Benders of Auntie's Choice one of the objectives said talk to him but no conversation is starting. He's still acting like I just finished the automech parts quest and saying the same lines of dialogue making it impossible to continue the quest. Don't really have any idea on how to fix this but this is where I was told to report bugs. Thanks for any help!

"Saga of the Malfunctioning Mechanicals" quest stays in the active section of the Journal under "Mentioned" even after Hogarth moves to Fairfield. Quest becomes impossible to complete even after acquiring the parts it asks for.

Same thing for me. So frustrating!!

yes!!! Its so frustrating, I wish there was at least a list of fast travel points that we could pick from or something.

Play it before they wreck it with their trash DLC.

Same on my end. Went to the location, text popped, but no audio and no Severin to be found. Completed other quests, changed region and planet, checked on other communication devices, but no luck making him appear.

lol I actually like that. Too often in like Fallout I would clear out the same place of the same dudes over and over again and it felt like I had no effect on the world. This makes it feel like I'm actually DOING something. Also it can help to point out places I haven't explored yet.

There is no interst to explore this world. World is dead.NPC's dont react even when i steal their stuuf infront of them. They just stand around doing nothing.Not even smallest simulation of life. I dont want why i bother nobody cares.This game is dead on release. I could point a few things but i dont thing anyone will listen. 1:Backpacks.All kinds must be added. From small pouches to big ones if you need to carry your supplies with you.Such as ammo food and drinks.And distributed among npc's. 2:survival mod where drinking eating and sleeping is a must. 3:Day night cycle. 4:Timescale same as real world. 5:Make this world alive.NPC's must atleast react when i rob them blind.Also move around All of them must be doing their stuff.Repairing guarding working. Again this world same is aboba.Its dead. Also may be obsidian will give players some toolkit or something to make full scale mods. Games where modding is not allowed die quickly.I mean people still play STALKER. Save this game if you care.

You make the mistake of thinking that Trump is the only one who is the problem here. It's all the people behind Trump that are the problem. You can't compare this with the Biden side, like, at all. It's pure and unfiltered greed. If Trump would die tomorrow, nothing would change. They'll just turn him into this mystical godlike figure and keep on keeping on. You have to get rid of the entire upper echelon of the GOP and I doubt that's ever going to happen. That said, I really need to stop engaging with you when it comes to Trump. Your incredibly consistent naïveté (I googled how to write that, I think it's a nice word) everything Trump related gives me serious rage. That's master level political trolling.

am so not embracing the biden v. trump cognitive race to the bottom. neither one 'o them shoulda' been running for President in to 2024. we mentioned multiple times how we wouldn't trust either one 'o them behind the wheel o' a car or working a gas stove, so why on earth would we think they were up to handling the office o' President? am thinking it's possible that most o' the biden team had genuine convinced themselves that he could still handle the duties of President in 2024, 'cause people are capable o' all kinda self-delusion and goal post shifting when confronted with tough choices. what am not able to accept is that the biden folks thought joe could manage another four years, and if that is the case, then multiple people shoulda' stepped forward to insist on a traditional primary. should never have needed get to the debate performance. am not letting the biden folks off the hook. they doomed democrats by not convincing biden to step away and let somebody else be the democrat candidate. unlike biden, trump is the one who shows legit signs o' dementia as 'posed to just old age, but so what? biden were looking very old, too old to be President. nevertheless, biden weren't a threat to democracy who had already tried to stop the peaceful transfer of power. biden were not a convicted felon who had, according to grand jury testimony of his own lawyers, attempted to prevent federal agents from retrieving top secret documents from mar-a-lago where he directed multiple persons to destroy evidence o' his interaction with those documents. biden were never found liable for sexual assault/digital rape. biden weren't talking about the enemy within and a mass deportation o' 20 million people, which is the approximate population of ny state. etc. elections is usually a lesser of evils choice. the thing is, biden were old and NOT on the ballot at the time of the election. we didn't much like kamala harris either, but compared to trump? even if all the republican fever dreams 'bout harris were born out, the worst case scenario for 2025 is... what exact? with a republican house, senate and this Court, harris wouldn't have been executive ordering her way to through the charred embers of the Constitution even if she had immunity from prosecution. so maybe a few more trans athletes competing in girls/women's sports? economically, what could she have done that were worse than trump's tariffs idiocy? and again, am a fiscal conservative, so am most certain not embracing many o' the progressive suggestions regarding economic change, but the US did better than virtual the rest o' the world post pandemic and is not as if the biden folks had implemented a communist takeover while nobody were looking. with biden out of the race and none o' those pesky age/capacity concerns at play with harris, it were difficult for us to see why a traditional free market conservative would vote for trump instead o' harris... even if we were able to ignore the rape, felonies, obstruction, mass deportation and "enemy within" crap from trump, which we couldn't. but yeah, the biden folks had to know he weren't fit to be President for another four years... and? HA! Good Fun!

Well, his and his doctor's. It's probably the most detailed section of the report, for whatever that's worth, since it mentions no less than three specific tests. It is perhaps relevant that you don't tend to get people saying Trump's doctors think he has anxiety or depression, which were the other two tests he took along with the MoCA. It's pretty clearly so a damned if you do, damned if you don't for Trump. Whatever he does people are going to think it's evidence he has dementia. If he takes a test it's because his doctors think he's got dementia. But if he doesn't take one then that's because he's trying to hide his dementia instead and he'd probably end up taking one anyway. He certainly has signs of mental decline, but that is what inevitably happens to old people. 14 for Trump, 20 for Biden. Number and even quality doesn't necessarily correlate to effectiveness though, given those 20 medical professionals missed Biden's cancer. In terms of a neurologist specifically, Biden's campaign claimed he'd seen one three times during his presidency, by way of comparison. Don't really want to write a thesis level analysis but quick and dirty: cognitive tests like the MoCA are useful because they're quick- and if you're seeing 14 or 20 specialists in a day that is important, same as it is if you're seeing a dozen patients a day- and a litmus test for a specific symptom. Dementia can be hard to diagnose from 'physical' tests, in part because it isn't actually a disease per se but a symptom of (a) disease(s) (or other cause) such as Alzheimer's/ Parkinson's/ ischaemia/ TBI etc. eg my dad had no direct physical symptoms at all when he was diagnosed despite two MRIs.

Seeing melathi's post about Hogwarts Legacy I decided to give it ago before Outer Worlds2. Yeah, I liked it more then I expected. I thought they managed to capture the universe rather well. Definitely the amount of murdering player does feels rather odd. And while I mostly found story to be fairly alright, there were couple points I felt the inability to react to things felt really odd. Main character doesn't really have a personality but the game also doesn't allow players to express themselves in spite of conversation options. There were quite a few things, especially in the latter part of the game, were I feel characters just move on from some things that really asked to be brought up. Overall, better then I expected. As I enjoyed early Harry Potter books and films in primary school, HL managed to pull my nostalgia strings. Started Outer Worlds2 - looks promising so far. Opening mission promised reactivity that I missed in the original game had. Adding to it the overall buzz around the game, I think I will enjoy this one.

Allow me to tell you about our lord and savior Dispatch. For all who yearn for the glory days of Telltale, he has risen again! Hallelujah!

Really would be great to get some update about this from Obsidian. It's the most upvoted issue by far.

"Trump has unveiled a number of moves aimed at cutting drug prices in recent months, but he has yet to move the needle on reducing costs – much less slashing them by 1,500%, which is mathematically impossible, experts say." ... experts say? experts? why not just ask a random fourth grader? am curious why the obvious question regarding the MoCA administered by walter reed doctors as part o' a trump exam is never asked: why did doctors feel it were prudent to have trump take the MoCA? is not a standard test for seventy-somethings. the fact doctors had trump take the test should be worrisome to people, but somehow that fact gets lost. tell us that his most recent PET scan is clear wouldn't raise alarms? 'course you would be curious as to why he were getting PET scans, right? PET scans is not routine. MoCA is similar not ordinary. trump bragging about acing the test is signature trump stoopid, but it should concern everybody that doctors had reason to administer the test. we were in the room when the test were administered to our +80 father following his TIA. *shrug* keep in mind that the media mocking trump for his ignorance and stoopidity is one o' the reasons he is so popular, as insane as that sounds. maga is about outrage and grievance... maga is the real victims in 2025. the perception that smarty-pants libs has been mocking working class americans for their lack o' education is one reason why they vote for trump. 47 is overt ignorant, unapologetically bigoted... and he is a winner. is a curiously seductive combination for too many americans. trump is using his voters and likely hates 'em, but maga loves trump 'cause he is their retribution. https://www.c-span.org/clip/campaign-2024/user-clip-i-am-your-retribution/5100721 maga identifies with trump not in spite o' his ignorance and bigotry but 'cause o' such. maga loves trump 'cause he is shameless and vindictive. lord help us. HA! Good Fun!

The worst part is the complete lack of communication from Obsidian. Under investigation for 3 days... and that's it !

Im about 80 hours into Cyb2077 and Im about to finish the last mission Its been fun but not fantastic, firstly the game gets a 60/100 on the globally respected " BruceVC game rating system ". Thats not a terrible score, anything higher than 50 is still worth playing I found myself getting bored with the game and most of the missions and the main reason for this is because Im not a big cyberpunk fan. So its not like Witcher and fantasy which is my favourite RPG genre First what I liked about the game very stable now. No serious bugs or crashes, maybe 3-4 CTD and I was using loads of mods I liked the hacking and braindance mechanics I liked the details with Night City and the NPC. It felt like a living city NPC and companions had interesting side quests I completed Phantom Liberty in the middle of the main quest and that was an interesting diversion There were some unique side-quests and choices I had to make like should I support the guy who wanted to crucify himself on live TV The races were fun and hunting all the cyberpsychos added some challenge to combat What I didnt like about the game Combat becomes too easy, nothing really can kill you on higher levels the city doesn't really have much to do outside of a few common activities the lore didn't motivate or interest me. not enough Romance or adult content. This is suppose to be a city of depravity and corruption and you were limited around what you could interact with despite extensive crafting available I ended up just using 3 weapons all the time I didnt end up using most of the special abilities as you increase in levels because I didnt need to use them in combat. Its a strange mechanical implementation in a game if you dont need to use something you have levelled up towards? As I mentioned my main issues with the game is because Im just not a cyberpunk fan Overall, fun game but nothing like the Witcher games

Went back to S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 now that about a year has passed and we're on the 1.6.1 patch to see how far the game has come and...well, they've added Night Vision Devices, and the Mosin, and it does run more stable, but other than that very little seems to have changed about the things I disliked. In fact, one of my main complaints, enemy spawning, seems to have regressed since I last played, even at release with enemies obnoxiously spawning around you it'd take some effort to actually catch them "popping in", but on 1.6.1 I've literally had enemies pop into existence right in front of me on enough occasions that it's become rather bothersome. There's also generally too many, it's literally impossible to get from A to B without the game spawning a bunch of enemies around you, if you're lucky they'll be too busy fighting each-other (which, I suppose, is an improvement over release where they'd all go for you). To test whether it was the game or I was just imagining things it I decided to make the trek from Quiet to Azimuth Station (after the mission that takes place there) multiple times in a row, this is a short distance that has you cross a tiny strip of empty bog, of the 8 times in a row I made the corssing (4 in each direction) I didn't run into anything only once, every other time there was something going on in this tiny strip of land. That's ridiculous, especially since there's no realistic way for anything to get there. Missions still have the same issues they've always had with exposition but they've somehow managed to break in-world subtitles (which is a bit of an issue, seeing as I can't stand the English VO, but I also don't speak Ukrainian...) so I have to rely on memory for much of the context. Haven't had any main missions outright break though, which is nice. Worst I had was an early side missions for the Ward in the Chemical Plant that I had to reload 6 or 7 times to get to function correctly. So yeah...there's supposed to be an engine update in the next patch (1.7), honestly not sure what good it'll do unless it somehow also fixes the spawn issues.

Same here, made an account for this reason.

Right, well, I'm a customer too, and this customer says "Great job Obsidian for ditching stupid, useless romances in your RPGs." Their developer resources are much better spent on pretty much anything else.